responses in halfhearted defense of provider in questions

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@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ like mine will blacklist it.
> but malicious script authors will have no such qualms, so I would
> argue that your provider's strategy is already doomed... --[[smcv]]
>> I agree, and I'll ask them to fix it (and probably refer them to this page).
>> One reason they still have my business is that their customer service has
>> been notably good; I always get a response from a human on the first try,
>> and on the first or second try from a human who understands what I'm saying
>> and is able to fix it. I've dealt with organizations not like that....
>>
>> But I included the note here because I'm sure if _they're_ doing it, there's
>> probably some nonzero number of other hosting providers where it's also
>> happening, so a person setting up OpenID and being baffled by this failure
>> needs to know to check for it. Also, while the world of user-agent strings
>> can't have anything but relatively luckier and unluckier choices, maybe
>> `libwww/perl` is an especially unlucky one?
## Error: OpenID failure: naive_verify_failed_network: Could not contact ID provider to verify response.
Again, this could have various causes. It was helpful to bump the debug level
@ -165,6 +178,12 @@ Then a recent `Net::SSLeay` perl module needs to be built and linked against it.
> but equally it might be as bad as it seems at first glance.
> "Let the buyer beware", I think... --[[smcv]]
>> As far as I can tell, this particular provider _is_ on Red Hat (EL 5).
>> I can't conclusively tell because I'm in what appears to be a CloudLinux container when I'm in,
>> and certain parts of the environment (like `rpm`) I can't see. But everything
>> I _can_ see is like several RHEL5 boxen I know and love.
### Local OpenSSL installation will need certs to trust
Bear in mind that the OpenSSL distribution doesn't come with a collection